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API 12-101-27600OrphanedOil well

Leighty a/c 1 75

Oil well in Lawrence County, Illinois · operated by Marathon Oil

Documented orphaned well. This well appears in the federal/state orphaned-well inventory — unplugged, with no solvent operator of record. See the orphan-well census for state and county totals and the $4.7B federal plugging program.

Spud date

Drilling began

Completion

Aug 31, 1973

Plug date

Total depth

1,746 ft

As published by the state

Registry record

API #
12-101-27600
Status
Orphaned(state code: USGS DOW 2022 (Orphan))
Type
Oil(OIL)
County
Lawrence
Coordinates
38.66075, -87.71645
State record #
121012760000

Operator

Marathon Oil

Wells operated
8,999
Active
2,695
States
AR, CA, CO, IL, KS, KY, LA, MI, MS, MT, ND, NM, OK, PA, UT, WV, WY
As filed
Marathon Oil Company

Location & nearby wells

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Nearby wells

WellAPI #StatusTypeOperator
Litherland-Smith Unt 1312-185-05505Plugged & abandonedOilUniversal Operating, Inc
Jones 112-185-27244ActiveOilK & W Oil Company
Leek Heirs 112-185-01385Plugged & abandonedOther typeCrosbie, J. E.
Gher A L 112-185-00370Plugged & abandonedOilSanders, J. & Leavitt, S
Gher, A.L. 212-185-01390Plugged & abandonedOilSanders, J. & Leavitt, S
Well IL:USGSID:IL0328IL:USGSID:IL0328OrphanedUnknown

Dataset updated . Source: Illinois oil & gas regulator registry + the USGS documented-orphaned-wells inventory.